SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – A 12-year-old boy who fatally shot his mother after an argument over his chores was found guilty of premeditated murder.

Judge James Conlogue found the boy guilty after a hearing Friday in Cochise County Superior Court in the southern Arizona town of Bisbee. The boy is not being identified because he was charged as a juvenile.

Conlogue ruled that prosecutors had proved the boy acted intentionally and with premeditation when he shot Sara Madrid, 34, eight times on Aug. 1. The shooting happened after the boy had argued with his mother over his chores.

I remember that age, I don't blame the kid. Mom's can be real bitches.

Read the article. Sister said the mom wanted nothing to do with the kid.

I gotta go with Xipho on this, its one thing if the kid has a happy home life with a loving mom and then he snaps and caps mommy because he doesnt want to do chores, but we dont know the extent of how bad the abuse was so Im just extrapolating from what the sister said but it can really fuck a kid up in the head if all he hears from his own mother is how stupid he is and that she doesnt want him.

There was a guy that lived in a town close by where I grew up that shot his father sveral years ago. He was 17 and got 20-life. The dad had beat on him with a garden hose among other things. I don't know the reason, but the abuse was never brought up in defense as a mitigating circumstance.